BBC: French industrialists visiting China with President Nicolas Sarkozy say they have finalised trade deals worth almost 20bn euros ($30bn; £14.5bn).
These include a delivery of 160 Airbus passenger planes to the value of about 10bn euros.
And state-owned French energy firm Areva said it had signed a contract to build two nuclear reactors in China.
The announcements came as Mr Sarkozy held a second meeting with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao.
"The total amount of these contracts has never been matched before," he told the Chinese president as they met in Beijing's Great Hall of the People. >>
LE FIGARO:
20 milliards de contrats déjà signés en Chine De Perrine Créquy
Mark Alexander
